FARM DEPARTMENT. 



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BARLEY. 



Two varieties of barley were grown last season, the Manshury and the 

 Chevalier. The former is a six-rowed variety with large heads, stiff straw 

 and heavy grain. It is a little later than the common six-rowed barley or 

 the Chevalier. The yield was 40 bushels per acre. The Chevalier is a two- 

 rowed variety, said to have originated in Scotland. The straw is not so 

 strong as that of the Manshury and the heads are not as well filled, although 

 they are somewhat longer. It yielded 36 bushels per acre. 



Table l.—Oats. 



Name of Variety. 



New Race Horse 



White Seizure 



Pringle'a Progress 



Monarch New Zealand. 



White Victoria 



Short Club 



Harris 



Millard's Kansas 



Waterloo 



Black Russian 



Florida 



Yellow Etherian 



White Russian 



Norwez 



Clydesdale 



Welcome 



Potato Oat 



White Scottish... 



Remarks. 



Barley oat. 



Barley oat. 



Straw strong, heads large. 



Barley oat. Good length of straw. 



Barley oat. Good length of straw. 



Barley oat. Short straw. 



Narrow leaves and fine straw. 



Straw very short. 



Straw very short. 



This oat has become nearly pure 



white. 

 Very grassy appearance. 



Straw fine and slender. 



Later than any other. 



Very poor oat. 



Barley oat. 



Barley oat, quite smutty. 



Barley oat, very heavy. 



Barley oat, very heavy. 



The experiments reported in this bulletin were in part planned by H. T. 

 French, my assistant, and conducted largely under his supervision, He has 

 also compiled, in good part, the details of the recorded work herewith pre- 

 sented. 



SAM'L JOHNSON, 

 Prof, of Agriculture. 

 Agricultural College, Mich., March 16, 1889. 



